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NATIONAL 

MISSIONARY 

CAMPAIGN 

1915-1916 


THE 

ADVANCE 
OF  A 
DECADE 


Contributions  of  the  communicant 
cburcb  members  of  sixteen  com¬ 
munions  to  local  cburcb  expenses 
and  to  all  forms  of  missionary 
and  benevolent  work  at  borne 

and  abroad — 1904  and  1914. 


THE 


COMMUNIONS 

Years 

BAPTIST 

1904 

NORTHERN  CONVENTION 

1914 

BAPTIST 

1904 

2 

SOUTHERN  CONVENTION 

1914 

2 

CHRISTIAN 

1904 

1914 

CONGREGATIONAL 

1904 

1914 

DISCIPLES 

1904 

No 

OF  CHRIST 

1914 

FRIENDS 

1904 

No 

1914 

LUTHERAN 

1904 

GENERAL  COUNCIL 

1914 

i 

LUTHERAN 

1904 

GENERAL  SYNOD 

1914 

• 

LUTHERAN 

Hauge  Synod 

United  Lutheran  Church 

1904 

« 

Norwegian  Synod 

Norwegian  Lutheran  Free  Church 

1914 

• 

LUTHERAN 

1904 

JOINT  SYNOD  OF  OHIO 

1914 

No 

LUTHERAN 

1904 

IN  THE  SOUTH 

1914 

METHODIST 

1904 

2 

EPISCOPAL 

1914 

2' 

METHODIST  EPISCOPAL 

1904 

11 

SOUTH 

1914 

1! 

PRESBYTERIAN  IN  U.  S.  A. 

1904 

(NORTHERN) 

1914 

< 

PRESBYTERIAN  IN  U.  S. 

1904 

(SOUTHERN) 

1914 

UNITED 

1904 

PRESBYTERIAN 

1914 

PROTESTANT 

1904 

EPISCOPAL 

1913 

REFORMED 

1904 

IN  AMERICA 

1914 

REFORMED 

1904 

IN  U.  S. 

1914 

UNITED 

1904 

BRETHREN 

1914 

THE  ADVANCE  OF  A  DECADE 


COMMUNIONS 

Years 

Number  of  congre¬ 

gations  reporting. 

Total  number  com¬ 

municant  church 
members. 

Total  contributions 

for  all  local  church 

expenses  including 

salaries,  building 

operations,  repairs, 

etc. 

Total  contributions 

through  the  church 

and  all  its  organi¬ 

zations  to  mission¬ 
ary,  educational  and 
benevolent  work  in 

the  United  States. 

Total  contributions 

through  the  church 

and  all  its  organ¬ 

izations  to  all 

branches  of  foreign 

missionary  work. 

Total  to  all  mis¬ 

sions  and  benevo¬ 
lences  at  home  and 
abroad. 

Weekly  Average  Per 
Member 

Local 

Church 

Expenses 

In  Cents 

All  Missions 
and  Benev¬ 
olences 

In  Cents 

BAPTIST 

NORTHERN  CONVENTION 

1904 

1914 

5,321 

6,360 

1,121,474 

1,336,051 

$8,525,550 

12,842,991 

$890,119 

1,410,689 

$641,099 

1,366,515 

$1,531,218 

2,777,204 

.146 

.185 

.026 

.04 

BAPTIST 

SOUTHERN  CONVENTION 

1904 

1914 

20,402 

24,338 

1,832,638 

2,588,633 

4,168,947 

9,634,463 

936,300 

2,470,000 

273,800 

537,000 

1,210,100 

3,007,000 

.043 

.071 

.012 

.022 

CHRISTIAN 

1904 

1914 

1,316 

1,360 

97,137 

113,887 

No 

Report 

8,059 

15,775 

11,246 

22,282 

19,306 

38,057 

No 

Report 

.003 

.006 

CONGREGATIONAL 

1904 

1914 

5,919 

6,093 

673,721 

763,182 

8,386,161 

10,716,311 

840,280 

994,504 

624,332 

887,184 

1,464,612 

1,881,688 

.239 

.27 

.041 

.047 

DISCIPLES 

OF  CHRIST 

1904 

1914 

No  Report 
8,500 

1,233,000 

1,370,512 

7,493,105 

9,590,000 

1,322,000 

1,640,000 

291,404 

663,149 

1,613,404 

2,303,149 

.114 

.134 

.025 

.032 

FRIENDS 

1904 

1914 

No  Report 
728 

No  Report 
94,498 

No  Report 
406,684 

No  Report 
157,564 

70,634 

101,245 

No  Report 
258,809 

No  Report 
.082 

No  Report 
.052 

LUTHERAN 
GENERAL  COUNCIL 

1904 

1914 

2,213 

2,547 

386,132 

504,023 

1,607,474 

3,929,003 

345,407 

561,894 

35,806 

147,508 

381,213 

709,402 

.079 

.149 

.019 

.027 

LUTHERAN 
GENERAL  SYNOD 

1904 

1914 

1,673 

1,814 

222,218 

248,506 

1,795,091 

3,040,417 

293,074 

797,983 

68,508 

117,252 

361,582 

915,235 

.155 

.235 

.031 

.07 

LUTHERAN 

Hauge  Synod 

United  Lutheran  Church 

Norwegian  Synod 

Norwegian  Lutheran  Free  Church 

1904 

1914 

2,664 

3,344 

293,242 

338,085 

589,400 

1,142,100 

199,636 

326,825 

83,322 

175,511 

282,958 

502,336 

.038 

.065 

.018 

.028 

LUTHERAN 

JOINT  SYNOD  OF  OHIO 

1904 

1914 

887 

No  Report 

136,923 
No  Report 

736,502 
No  Report 

171,281 
No  Report 

19,744 

No  Report 

191,026 
No  Report 

.103 

No  Report 

.026 

No  Report 

LUTHERAN 

IN  THE  SOUTH 

1904 

1914 

352 

463 

42,439 

52,044 

100,000 

202,178 

21,699 

81,413 

4,977 

22,469 

26,676 

103,882 

.045 

.072 

.011 

.038 

METHODIST 

EPISCOPAL 

1904 

1914 

27,163 

27,611 

2,853,305 

3,510,402 

26,647,432 

30,897,175 

1,558,565 

2,180,941 

1,585,495 

2,684,984 

3,144,060 

4,865,925 

.179 

.169 

.021 

.026 

METHODIST  EPISCOPAL 
SOUTH 

1904 

1914 

18,096 

19,806 

1,593,836 

2,045,047 

5,054,737 

8,064,182 

727,528 

1,425,782 

555,207 

869,910 

1,282,735 

2,295,692 

.069 

.076 

.015 

.021 

PRESBYTERIAN  IN  U.  S.  A. 
(NORTHERN) 

1904 

1914 

7,933 

9,998 

1,070,939 

1,478,603 

12,966,438 

19,633,945 

1,276,826 

2,438,069 

919,125 

1,906,642 

2,195,951 

4,344,711 

.232 

.255 

.04 

.056 

PRESBYTERIAN  IN  U.  S. 
(SOUTHERN) 

1904 

1914 

3,129 

3,438 

246,769 

332,339 

1,999,961 

3,290,892 

352,564 

957,806 

211,570 

544,162 

564,134 

1,501,968 

.156 

.19 

.043 

.09 

UNITED 

PRESBYTERIAN 

1904 

1914 

1,015 

1,136 

123,187 

153,651 

1,399,863 

1,980,581 

313,902 

648,610 

260,076 

400,425 

573,978 

1,049,035 

.218 

.247 

.089 

.131 

PROTESTANT 

EPISCOPAL 

1904 

1913 

7,235 

7,819 

804,308 

986,607 

12,983,075 

15,852,300 

3,234,381 

4,064,573 

392,878 

823,624 

3,627,259 

4,888,197 

.31 

.31 

.086 

.095 

REFORMED 

IN  AMERICA 

1904 

1914 

645 

707 

115,280 

123,143 

1,204,257 

1,678,920 

256,676 

268,709 

138,611 

254,726 

395,287 

523,435 

.20 

.26 

.066 

.081 

REFORMED 

IN  U.  S. 

1904 

1914 

1,728 

1,770 

263,954 

312,660 

1,544,642 

2,161,410 

303,455 

463,897 

71,243 

130,234 

374,698 

594,131 

.112 

.132 

.027 

.036 

UNITED 

BRETHREN 

1904 

1914 

2,000 

2,500 

251,766 

318,614 

1,633,278 

2,423,972 

129,702 

432,294 

48,000 

104,222 

177,702 

536,516 

.124 

.146 

.013 

.03 

:  OF  A  DECADE 


FOURTEEN  COMMUNIONS 


04 

1914 

Increase 

Percent  of 
Increase 

07,488 

128,244 

20,756 

19.3 

28,208 

16,462,102 

3,333,894 

25.3 

99,41  1 

$137,080,840 

$38,981,429 

39.7 

02,1  14 

$  21,163,789 

$  8,161,675 

62.8 

05,453 

$  11,635,517 

$  5,430,064 

87.5 

07,567 

$  32,799,306 

$13,591,739 

70.7 

.144 

$  .16 

$  .  .016 

1  1.1 

.028 

$  .037 

$  .009 

32.1 

NS  INCLUDED 


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